Weekly vocabulary words will be assigned in social studies on Mondays. Click HERE for help with defining the vocabulary words.
Click HERE for a copy of the Frayer Model template
Students are required to complete the following:
1. Define the vocabulary word
2. Use the vocabulary word in a sentence with context clues.
There will also be a weekly vocabulary quiz on most Fridays. The quizzes are based on the weekly vocabulary words, maps and class concepts covered during the week.
Vocab 10 week of 1/8/18 (Middle East)
- Landlocked
- Desalination
- Irrigation
- Hydroelectric Power
- Subsistence Agriculture
Vocab 11 week of 1/15/18 (Middle East)
- Crucifixion
- Resurrection
- Covenant
- Disciple
- Ramadan
- Messiah
- Five Pillars of Islam
- Jesus
- Muhammad
- Abraham
- Religious Group
- Ethnic Group
- Arabs
- Persians
- Kurds
- Sunni Muslim
- Shia Muslim
- Monotheism
- Polytheism
- What is Christianity?
- What is Islam?
- What is Judaism?
Vocab 13 (Middle East):
- Zionism
- Holocaust
- Anti-Semitism
- Refugee
- Intifada
- Palestine
- Palestinians
- West Bank & Gaza Strip (be able to identify their location on a map and explain their significance)
- Hamas
Vocab 14 (3 Wars):
- Operation Desert Storm
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Saddam Hussein
- Osama Bin Laden
- Al-Qaeda
- Terrorism
Vocab 15 (South Asia: India)
- Subcontinent
- Brown Cloud
- Monsoon
- Carbon emissions
- Desertification
- Loess
- Respiratory disease
- Flood plain
- Sediment
- Acid rain
Vocab 16 (Hinduism & Buddhism)
- Brahman
- Reincarnation
- Karma
- Vedas
- Caste System
- Buddha
- Four Noble Truths
- Nirvana
- The Middle Way/ Eightfold Path
Vocab 17 (India's Independence & Gandhi)
- Panchayat
- Prime Minister
- Muslim League
- Rowlatt Act
- Indian National Congress
- Parliamentary Democracy
- Civil Disobedience
- Nonalignment
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Mohandas Gandhi